SurVision Magazine / M. Zeferino Spring

because we read the poems of Rumi

on a blanket near the river
we entered
an imaginary cave
where we built

a driftwood fire
and as the fire grew
the walls around us
began to breathe

snake charmer

every time I say her name
aloud
    a snake pours out
    of my mouth –

and because of my
profession
    I am one
    of the luckiest men alive

M. Zeferino Spring of Southwest Oregon, is the author of four poetry books and one children's book. In 2016, he won a Luso-American Fellowship from DISQUIET International. His poetry books have won several awards, including The Turtle Island Poetry Award, and an honorable mention for the Eric Hoffer Book Award. His poems have appeared in Atlanta Review, Crannog, Flyway, Midwest Quarterly, Poetry New Zealand, and Spillway. He is a poetry editor for The Pedestal Magazine and Flowstone Press.

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An international online magazine that publishes Surrealist poetry in English. Issue Nine M. ZEFERINO SPRING because we read the poems of Rumi on a blanket near the river we entered an imaginary cave where we built a driftwood fire and as the fire grew the walls around us began to breathe snake charmer every time I say her name aloud a snake pours out of my mouth – and because of my profession I am one of the luckiest men alive M. Zeferino Spring of Southwest Oregon, is the author of four poetry books and one children's book. In 2016, he won a Luso-American Fellowship from DISQUIET International. His poetry books have won several awards, including The Turtle Island Poetry Award, and an honorable mention for the Eric Hoffer Book Award. His poems have appeared in Atlanta Review, Crannog, Flyway, Midwest Quarterly, Poetry New Zealand, and Spillway. He is a poetry editor for The Pedestal Magazine and Flowstone Press.
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